Yellow Room Arts

Yellow Room Arts is happy to announce that we are now doing “Clay Dates”!  “Clay Dates” are 1-2 sessions where participants can either glaze a piece that has already been made, or create their own pieces that will be fired, then glazed in a second session.  Great for couples, families, or small groups.
Please click on the “Pottery Lessons” page for more details!

Please check out the “Upcoming Shows” page – this will be updated as show confirmations come in.

The quarter is starting to wind down (only 3 weeks, then finals week), so I’m able to spend some more quality time in the studio. Here are some of the most recent “agate clay” pieces to come out of the kiln.

 

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Just wanted to post that Yellow Room Arts is still alive and kicking. With 5 classes to teach, 6 student teachers, and a painting class, it’s been a bit hectic around here. This coming week looks a little clearer, so I’m hoping to get a few kiln loads fired and some new pictures here and on Etsy.

Stay tuned!

Today was our first painting day – a monochromatic still life.

Observation #1:  Paint is NOT glaze.  Red and yellow make orange now.

Observation #2:  Oil paint does not dry fast.  This means continuing to fuss over a section will result in muddy paint.  This is bad!

Observation #3:  Odorless mineral spirits still have an odor!

It should be a very interesting next 9 classes.

My yarn jars can now be seen at Zig Zag Gallery in Centerville OH! Their contact information can be found in the links to the right. Thanks for looking!

If you in the Troy OH area, stop by Patty Cake and Morning Glory’s Gift Shoppe on Route 55/Market Street (75 north, turn right on 55, shop is on the left a mile or so). They sell neat things for all occasions, and my piggy banks are now part of their inventory!

There is a link over to the right – check it out!

I have been told that a well-rounded artist works in several types of media.  So to that end, I am venturing into the world of oils and acrylics.  Several tubes of each were found in the scary art cabinet, some canvases were purchased, and off I go.

Thoughts so far:  palette knives are fun, I like big brushes (like over 1 inch), and turpentine stinks.

Photos will be forthcoming!

Excerpt from the full article at FoxNews.

Artist Andrew Wyeth, who portrayed the hidden melancholy of the people and landscapes of Pennsylvania’s Brandywine Valley and coastal Maine in works such as “Christina’s World,” died early Friday. He was 91.

Wyeth died in his sleep at his home in the Philadelphia suburb of Chadds Ford, according to Hillary Holland, a spokeswoman for the Brandywine River Museum.

The son of famed painter and book illustrator N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth gained wealth, acclaim and tremendous popularity. But he chafed under criticism from some experts who regarded him as a facile realist, not an artist but merely an illustrator.

“The world has lost one of the greatest artists of all time,” George A. Weymouth, a friend of Wyeth’s who is chairman of the board of the Brandywine Conservancy, said in a statement.

Andrew Wyeth website

Over at yellowroomarts.blogspot.com, I posted some pictures of some mixed clay (red and white) items that were waiting to be glazed and fired.  After bisqueing, glazing with Transparent, and firing again, here are the results:

This bowl has a higher percentage of white to red clay (2 parts white, 1 part red).

This bowl had a more even 1:1 ratio of white to red clay.

I have thrown a few more pieces like this, and will be experimenting with adding a brown color to the clear to “warm” the glaze a bit.  Where I was taking classes, we would mix clear with a bit of Beautiful Brown to make a honey colored glaze – it looked fantastic on the mixed clay.  We’ll see if I can reproduce those results with the glazes I currently use!